How did you become a MUA?
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boudoirblonde
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I did a short course in make-up
(Its called Certificate II in Make-Up Services here in Australia)
and then I applied at lots of different counters, and then Dior offered me a position and Im about to start
haha, dunno if that helps/if thats what your looking for
(Its called Certificate II in Make-Up Services here in Australia)
and then I applied at lots of different counters, and then Dior offered me a position and Im about to start
haha, dunno if that helps/if thats what your looking for
Vesu
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I completed a Cert III Beauty Services (which incorporated the Cert II Makeup Artistry as it was called then) and got a job at a department store counter. This is not a "Makeup Artist" position although people might call themselves that. What you really are is a Retail Cosmetics Assistant and it's like that throughout the whole of Australia.
My real work started when I scored a gig assisting a photographer. I got this through a paper ad. Though this gig, I then ended up assisting a makeup artist on various jobs around town. (I was not paid for that work). Then I applied for, and landed, a job as a Makeup Artist on the special events team with the cosmetic house I was employed by as an RCA.
I then commenced further training and continued to assist until I made Senior.
It was then I could call myself an MUA.
My real work started when I scored a gig assisting a photographer. I got this through a paper ad. Though this gig, I then ended up assisting a makeup artist on various jobs around town. (I was not paid for that work). Then I applied for, and landed, a job as a Makeup Artist on the special events team with the cosmetic house I was employed by as an RCA.
I then commenced further training and continued to assist until I made Senior.
It was then I could call myself an MUA.
